John Buchan

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born

August 26, 1875 in Perth, Scotland, The United Kingdom

died

February 11, 1940

gender

male

website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan

genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Biographies & Memoirs

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John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, PC CH GCMG GCVO, was a British novelist and Unionist politician who, until his death, served as the Governor General of Canada.

Buchan was born and primarily educated in Scotland, and further schooled in England, obtaining a degree in Literae Humaniores, and befriending a number of influential future writers while studying at the University of Oxford. After a brief career in law, Buchan then simultaneously began writing and entered the political and diplomatic fields. Buchan was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Combined Scottish Universities, but dedicated the majority of his time to his writing career, and became best known for his novel 'The Thirty-Nine Steps', as well as his other thriller fi...more

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Books by John Buchan

Average rating: 3.63 · 6,581 ratings · 799 reviews · 105 distinct works

	The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 4,223 ratings — published 1915 — 202 editions	My rating:
	Greenmantle (Richard Hannay, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 605 ratings — published 1916 — 81 editions	My rating:
	Mr. Standfast (Richard Hannay, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1919 — 51 editions	My rating:
	The Three Hostages (Richard Hannay #4) 3.82 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1924 — 16 editions	My rating:
	Prester John 3.57 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1910 — 49 editions	My rating:
	The Island of Sheep (Richard Hannay, #5) 3.64 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1932 — 23 editions	My rating:
	John Macnab (Sir Edward Leithen, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1925 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Richard Hannay 4.25 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1919 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Huntingtower (Dickson McCunn, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1922 — 37 editions	My rating:
	Witch Wood 3.89 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 1927 — 9 editions	My rating:

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Series by John Buchan

Richard Hannay (5 books)
by John Buchan

3.63 avg rating — 5,464 ratings

Sir Edward Leithen (5 books)
by John Buchan

3.82 avg rating — 289 ratings

Dickson McCunn (3 books)
by John Buchan

3.60 avg rating — 141 ratings

Quotes by John Buchan

“An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support.”
― John Buchan

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“He disliked emotion, not because he felt lightly, but because he felt deeply.”
― John Buchan

11 people liked it

“We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.”
― John Buchan

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Polls

Who, in your opinion, writes the most attention-keeping, easy-flowing story?

Jane Austen

222 votes, 38.3%

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock, of course)

209 votes, 36.0%

Charles Dickens

88 votes, 15.2%

Baroness Emmuska Orczy (Scarlet Pimpernel)

27 votes, 4.7%

Elizabeth Gaskell (Wives & Daughters, Cranford)

24 votes, 4.1%

John Buchan (Thirty-Nine Steps, Hannay series)

10 votes, 1.7%

580 total votes

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